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The Ottawa branch of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families (CCMF) will
be Ottawa’s first health and social service hub uniquely dedicated to the
unmet needs of boys, men, fathers and their families. Our programs include
domestic abuse support for male victims, resources to promote father
involvement after separation or divorce, and mental health services that
reduce the stigmas that constrain men from seeking and finding help. These
programs are largely unavailable in Ottawa and will address an urgent
need.

Our fathers, sons, brothers and husbands are facing serious challenges
that are inadequately addressed. The experience of the CCMF sister agency
in Toronto points to the good news; boys, men and fathers will readily
access and benefit from the programs and services we will make available.

With your donation we will open a dynamic and intensively used facility in
Ottawa that serves 200 clients through a combination of individual and
group programs. We will launch the agency under the leadership of a full
time Executive Director. We have already raised over $40,000 toward our
budget of $75,000. You can be part of this exciting project to bring
needed services to an overlooked group in society.

Due to popular demand CAFE-Ottawa is hosting a THIRD screening of the Red Pill Movie!

The screening will take place at the Auditorium of the Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe St.

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2 PM

Sunday, December 18th.

Come to Ottawa City Hall in the Colonel By room at 7 PM on Sunday, December 4th, 2016 to see the controversial feature length documentary The Red Pill Movie by the award winning filmaker Cassie Jaye.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or online at Eventbrite.

The poster below states that the screening is at the Mayfair Theatre but they cancelled on us so please disregard the infomation about location and times. The new location and time are listed above. Here is an article by the CBC explaining what has happened.

Our first annual national conference which took place in Ottawa was a success and very well attended with 80 delegates.

To watch the presentations go to the speaker descriptions below and click on their link.

Speaker Presentations:

Karen is an advocate for the equal treatment of men in a culture that erroneously believes they are privileged. She has devoted the last 6 years to developing an understanding of the social, cultural, psychological and biological dynamics behind gender role enforcement and sexual politics. Her YouTube channel, girlwriteswhat, has over 130,000 subscribers, and more than 12 million video views, and her work has been presented in high
school and university classrooms in the US, Canada and Ireland.

CAFE co-founder Justin Trottier shares lessons learned from his efforts to build bridges with policy makers, social service and human rights agencies, student governments and other organizations whose support for our cause may surprise you.

Having established those positive values that have helped CAFE become the national voice for boys and men in Canada, he will then provide a blueprint for building a Canadian Centre for Men and Families in your community.

Bio: Justin Trottier is co-founder and CEO of the Canadian Association for Equality and manages the Canadian Centre for Men and Families, a men’s health and social service facility based in downtown Toronto. Prior to launching CAFE he founded and served as National Executive Director of the Centre for Inquiry Canada, an educational charity advancing scientific literacy and freedom of thought. Justin ran for office in the 2011 Ontario provincial election as a candidate with one of the four main political parties. He has appeared frequently in the mainstream media discussing human rights, fundamental freedoms and gender equality, and loves to share his passion for science as the host of an astronomy radio show called The Star Spot.

David Shackleton is a thinker and writer on psychosociology and personal growth. He was editor and publisher of Canada’s equalism magazine, Everyman; A Men’s Journal for twelve years, and is the author of The Hand That Rocks the World; An Inquiry Into Truth, Power and Gender. His original models of gender codependence and psychological growth have formed the foundation of numerous self-discovery workshops and events.

Bio: Dr. James S. Brown, M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., is a Canadian parent, grandparent, great grandparent,
teacher and academic who has worked in every job in education, including as a teacher and principal.
Dr. Brown holds six university degrees, including a doctorate in education, and also has diplomas of
advanced studies in curriculum, instructional leadership, counselling and applied psychology . He is the
author of a number of books dealing with the challenges facing boys growing up in our current society.
Dr. Brown is the president of the Canadian Association for Equality.

Kevin Arriola:Moving Beyond the Gender Wars. Starting a men’s issues campus group – the Ryerson experience. Mr. Arriola will discuss what led him to start the group, the group itself, what transpired this year, and finally lessons learned and how to move forward.

Mr. Arriola is a politics and governance student at Ryerson. Hi is involved in his community through volunteering and some activism in the right-to- die (assisted suicide) movement. He would like people to know that he’s also currently a busboy at a seafood restaurant as it shows that pretty much anyone can start a group or make a difference.

Victor is a retired high school teacher who has turned to music to eek out a living. He is involved in several community organizations as a volunteer in order to contribute to fostering a greater sense of fellowship within our society.

Panelists:

Justin Trottier:

CAFE co-founder Justin Trottier shares lessons learned from his efforts to build bridges with policy makers, social service and human rights agencies, student governments and other organizations whose support for our cause may surprise you.

Having established those positive values that have helped CAFE become the national voice for boys and men in Canada, he will then provide a blueprint for building a Canadian Centre for Men and Families in your community.

Bio: Justin Trottier is co-founder and CEO of the Canadian Association for Equality and manages the Canadian Centre for Men and Families, a men’s health and social service facility based in downtown Toronto. Prior to launching CAFE he founded and served as National Executive Director of the Centre for Inquiry Canada, an educational charity advancing scientific literacy and freedom of thought. Justin ran for office in the 2011 Ontario provincial election as a candidate with one of the four main political parties. He has appeared frequently in the mainstream media discussing human rights, fundamental freedoms and gender equality, and loves to share his passion for science as the host of an astronomy radio show called The Star Spot.

Janice Fiamengo:

Janice Fiamengo is a teacher at the University of Ottawa and writes The Fiamengo File, a series of videos about feminism, free speech, and campus culture.

Deborah Conners:

Deborah Conners recently completed her PhD in Sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa. Her dissertation examines the nuancing of feminist understandings of men who have used violence in heterosexual relationships. For this research she interviewed feminist VAW workers and activists, partner abuse response workers and private practitioners. Deborah has been involved in feminist movements for over 20 years and a participant-observer in the men’s movements for over 10 years.

CAFE Ottawa took part in the Ottawa Pride Parade Sunday, August 23rd. We were pleased to have the support of Justin Trottier and Denise Fong from CAFE Toronto. It was a large event and many buttons and information pamphlets were distributed to the onlookers. Many people liked the buttons, especially the ‘He can do it.” ones. There were many positive comments from people along the long parade route.